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Re: gnu MP in libgcj
- To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Subject: Re: gnu MP in libgcj
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 09 Oct 2000 18:53:26 -0600
- Cc: java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <39E260F1.7B4786B2@albatross.co.nz>
- Reply-To: tromey at cygnus dot com
Bryce> The libgcj tree contains a copy of a (rather old) version of
Bryce> the gmp library. My understanding is that this was once going
Bryce> to be used to support the java.math.BigDecimal/BigInteger
Bryce> implementations, but became unneccessary when we got a
Bryce> pure-Java implementation.
Bryce> Should it be removed?
We've been planning to "remove" it as a side effect of moving libgcj
into the gcc tree -- we just won't move gmp.
Tom